The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/03 at 06:00 EDT

Scott Payne spent nearly two decades working undercover as a biker, a neo-Nazi, a drug dealer, and a killer. But his last big mission at the FBI was the wildest of all. I have never had to burn baubles. I have never had to burn an American flag. And I damn sure was never with a group of people that stole a goat, sacrificed it in a pagan ritual, and drank its blood. And I did all that in about three days with these guys. Listen to Agent Palehorse, the second season of White Hot Hate, available now. From CBC News, it's the World This Hour. I'm Joe Cummings.

The morning after US President Donald Trump rolled out his global tariff initiative, Mark Carney is in Ottawa formulating how Canada will respond. The Liberal leader has stepped away from his campaign schedule and as Prime Minister he'll be talking to the Premiers this after meeting last night with his cabinet. Rafi Budjikanian reports. We talked about protecting Canadian industry

and Canadian workers. Industry Minister Anita Onand on the heels of a cabinet meeting to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. Mark Carney, back in prime minister mode, tried to say things could be worse. He has preserved a number of important elements of our relationship. But he still recognized the latest round of tariffs will hurt.

The fentanyl tariffs still remain in place, as do the tariffs for steel and aluminum. Tariffs and the threat of more have defined large parts of this election. Conservative leader Pierre Pagliavre had a rally in Kingston last night. The president is betraying America's closest friend and attacking our economy. Before he gets back to campaigning, Carney will talk about countermeasures. He'll also be meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts discussing their next steps. Rafi Boujikhan, YonTvC News, Ottawa. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's previously announced tariffs on the Canadian auto sector and on steel and aluminum, officially went into effect as of midnight, and already there's

fallout. Stellantis says it's pausing production at its Windsor, Ontario assembly plant for two weeks. And Flavio Volpe, the head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association, says there will be more closures to come on both sides of the border. At some point, on a publicly traded company, if you're booking a car, you're not going to get a car. Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association says there will be more closures to come on both sides of the border. But at some point, on a publicly traded company, if you're booking losses that are in the millions

at every assembly plant, and that's what we're talking about, $3, $4, $5, $8 million a day per production plant, you have a fiduciary obligation to your shareholders not to burn their money. Union officials in Windsor say Stellantis is blaming, quote, multiple factors for their decision to temporarily close the facility, but they say the primary issue is the tariff Trump action, the tariff action from the Trump administration. And of course, all other sectors, especially Canada's oil and gas industry, continue to watch the tariff campaign with great concern.

Anis Haddari has more from Calgary. I'm saddened to see that our 120-year partner and closest ally and biggest trading partner, we've got to the point where we're willing to put tariffs and counter tariffs on each other. For Paul Colburn, the impact of tariffs on the oil and gas sector isn't just a money thing. He heads up Surge Energy in Calgary. And while his company isn't dealing with new U.S. tariffs this time around, he wants to

see Canada avoid them entirely by negotiating. They need our crude, they need our electricity in the East. If you understand the other guy's needs and you can get as close as you can to there, hopefully you can bridge a deal. Existing tariffs are still in place. Think steel, aluminum or automotive. But for now, Canada has avoided the heavy tariffs on Asia and Europe. And he's had CBC News, Calgary.

Meanwhile, in Washington, several Republican senators have joined the Democrats to pass a resolution that would block Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada. Here is Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. He wants to take the money that he gains from tariffs to give tax cuts to billionaires. And when told that American families would pay a whole lot more out of their pockets, you know what he said? I don't care. The measure passed 54 to 48 with four Republicans voting in favor of the Democratic measure.

Freedom convoy organizers Tamara Leach and Chris Barber will hear a verdict in Ottawa today, in the joint trial over their rules in the mass protest that ruled into the national capital more than three years ago. Both Western Canadians are charged with mischief, intimidation, and counseling others to break the law and their roles in the crippling three-week protest in early 2022. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.